avoid idling engine avoid driving short distancestime minutes or less use synthetic oil send a sample to blackstone labs when you change it if you want an idea how the oilengine health is doing i dont change as often as k and it looks ok i think its like shipping research issues with your yearmodel of course newer years wont have this information yet once you hit past k youll think about things like replacing suspension parts bushing struts tranny oil and maybe even new tubing if youre ambitious